BT SPORT TO BROADCAST CFL GAMES IN U.K. AND IRELAND

Wednesday, June 22, 2016 —
TORONTO (June 23, 2016) - Sports fans in the United Kingdom and Ireland will have the opportunity to watch Canadian Football League (CFL) action live on television for the second consecutive season, the CFL announced today.

BT Sport will broadcast CFL games live starting with the season opener at BMO Field between the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Toronto Argonauts on Thursday, June 23. BT Sport will carry all four games in Week 1 of the CFL’s 2016 season. In addition, BT Sport will also broadcast CFL games on delay.

BT Sport is available to more than 5 million homes across the United Kingdom and Ireland. Today's news follows a multi-territory agreement between the CFL and ESPN Inc.

Below is the CFL schedule through August across BT Sport. The remaining CFL schedule will be announced at a later date. (Note: as with all TV schedules, BT Sport TV listings run from 06:00 to 06:00).

Click "read more" for the entire schedule.

Channel

Date

Day

Time

Episode

Live

BT Sport 1

23-Jun-16

Thu

0:30

Hamilton @ Toronto

Y

BT Sport ESPN

24-Jun-16

Fri

13:30

Hamilton @ Toronto

BT Sport 1

24-Jun-16

Fri

1:30

Montreal @ Winnipeg

Y

BT Sport ESPN

25-Jun-16

Sat

13:45

Montreal @ Winnipeg

BT Sport 1

25-Jun-16

Sat

0:00

Ottawa @ Edmonton

Y

BT Sport 1

25-Jun-16

Sat

3:00

Calgary @ BC

Y

BT Sport ESPN

26-Jun-16

Sun

6:00

Ottawa @ Edmonton

BT Sport ESPN

26-Jun-16

Sun

8:30

Calgary @ BC

BT Sport ESPN

30-Jun-16

Thu

0:00

Ottawa @ Montreal

Y

BT Sport ESPN

30-Jun-16

Thu

3:00

Toronto @ Saskatchewan

Y

BT Sport ESPN

1-Jul-16

Fri

13:00

Ottawa @ Montreal

BT Sport ESPN

1-Jul-16

Fri

21:30

Toronto @ Saskatchewan

BT Sport ESPN

1-Jul-16

Fri

0:00

BC @ Hamilton

Y

BT Sport ESPN

1-Jul-16

Fri

3:00

Winnipeg @ Calgary

Y

BT Sport ESPN

2-Jul-16

Sat

13:00

BC @ Hamilton

BT Sport ESPN

2-Jul-16

Sat

15:30

Winnipeg @ Calgary

BT Sport ESPN

7-Jul-16

Thu

0:00

Winnipeg @ Hamilton

Y

BT Sport ESPN

7-Jul-16

Thu

3:00

Toronto @ BC

Y

BT Sport ESPN

8-Jul-16

Fri

17:45

Winnipeg @ Hamilton

BT Sport ESPN

8-Jul-16

Fri

20:15

Toronto @ BC

BT Sport ESPN

8-Jul-16

Fri

0:00

Calgary @ Ottawa

Y

BT Sport ESPN

8-Jul-16

Fri

3:00

Saskatchewan @ Edmonton

Y

BT Sport ESPN

9-Jul-16

Sat

9:00

Calgary @ Ottawa

BT Sport ESPN

9-Jul-16

Sat

11:30

Saskatchewan @ Edmonton

BT Sport ESPN

13-Jul-16

Wed

0:30

Ottawa @ Toronto

Y

BT Sport ESPN

14-Jul-16

Thu

19:30

Ottawa @ Toronto

BT Sport ESPN

14-Jul-16

Thu

1:30

Edmonton @ Winnipeg

Y

BT Sport ESPN

15-Jul-16

Fri

14:00

Ottawa @ Toronto

BT Sport ESPN

15-Jul-16

Fri

16:30

Edmonton @ Winnipeg

BT Sport ESPN

15-Jul-16

Fri

0:30

Hamilton @ Montreal

Y

BT Sport ESPN

16-Jul-16

Sat

0:00

BC @ Saskatchewan

Y

BT Sport ESPN

17-Jul-16

Sun

6:00

Hamilton @ Montreal

BT Sport ESPN

17-Jul-16

Sun

11:30

BC @ Saskatchewan

BT Sport ESPN

18-Jul-16

Mon

6:00

Ottawa @ Toronto

BT Sport ESPN

18-Jul-16

Mon

8:30

BC @ Saskatchewan

BT Sport ESPN

21-Jul-16

Thu

1:30

Calgary @ Winnipeg

Y

BT Sport ESPN

22-Jul-16

Fri

18:00

Calgary @ Winnipeg

BT Sport ESPN

22-Jul-16

Fri

2:00

Ottawa @ Saskatchewan

Y

BT Sport ESPN

25-Jul-16

Mon

9:00

Ottawa @ Saskatchewan

BT Sport ESPN

25-Jul-16

Mon

11:30

Hamilton @ Edmonton

BT Sport 2

25-Jul-16

Mon

0:30

Montreal @ Toronto

Y

BT Sport ESPN

26-Jul-16

Tue

16:30

Montreal @ Toronto

BT Sport ESPN

28-Jul-16

Thu

2:00

Winnipeg @ Edmonton

Y

BT Sport ESPN

29-Jul-16

Fri

16:30

Winnipeg @ Edmonton

BT Sport ESPN

29-Jul-16

Fri

0:00

Saskatchewan @ Montreal

Y

BT Sport ESPN

29-Jul-16

Fri

3:00

BC @ Calgary

Y

BT Sport ESPN

30-Jul-16

Sat

3:30

Saskatchewan @ Montreal

BT Sport ESPN

31-Jul-16

Sun

12:00

BC @ Calgary

BT Sport ESPN

31-Jul-16

Sun

0:30

Toronto @ Ottawa

Y

BT Sport ESPN

1-Aug-16

Mon

6:00

Saskatchewan @ Montreal

BT Sport ESPN

1-Aug-16

Mon

12:00

Toronto @ Ottawa

BT Sport ESPN

3-Aug-16

Wed

1:30

Hamilton @ Winnipeg

Y

BT Sport ESPN

4-Aug-16

Thu

0:00

BC @ Montreal

Y

BT Sport ESPN

4-Aug-16

Thu

3:00

Saskatchewan @ Calgary

Y

BT Sport ESPN

5-Aug-16

Fri

13:30

BC @ Montreal

BT Sport ESPN

5-Aug-16

Fri

16:00

Saskatchewan @ Calgary

BT Sport ESPN

6-Aug-16

Sat

9:00

Hamilton @ Winnipeg

BT Sport ESPN

6-Aug-16

Sat

0:00

Edmonton @ Ottawa

Y

BT Sport ESPN

6-Aug-16

Sat

3:00

BC @ Montreal

BT Sport ESPN

8-Aug-16

Mon

6:00

Hamilton @ Winnipeg

BT Sport ESPN

8-Aug-16

Mon

8:30

Saskatchewan @ Calgary

BT Sport ESPN

8-Aug-16

Mon

11:00

Edmonton @ Ottawa

BT Sport ESPN

9-Aug-16

Tue

8:30

BC @ Montreal

BT Sport ESPN

11-Aug-16

Thu

2:00

Montreal @ Edmonton

Y

BT Sport ESPN

12-Aug-16

Fri

0:30

Winnipeg @ Toronto

Y

BT Sport ESPN

13-Aug-16

Sat

10:00

Montreal @ Edmonton

BT Sport ESPN

13-Aug-16

Sat

12:30

Winnipeg @ Toronto

BT Sport 2

13-Aug-16

Sat

0:00

Calgary @ Saskatchewan

Y

BT Sport 2

13-Aug-16

Sat

3:00

Hamilton @ BC

Y

BT Sport ESPN

14-Aug-16

Sun

16:00

Calgary @ Saskatchewan

BT Sport ESPN

14-Aug-16

Sun

18:30

Hamilton @ BC

BT Sport ESPN

15-Aug-16

Mon

6:00

Calgary @ Saskatchewan

BT Sport ESPN

15-Aug-16

Mon

8:30

Hamilton @ BC

BT Sport Europe

19-Aug-16

Fri

0:00

Montreal @ Ottawa

Y

BT Sport Europe

19-Aug-16

Fri

3:00

Calgary @ BC

Y

BT Sport ESPN

20-Aug-16

Sat

13:30

Montreal @ Ottawa

BT Sport ESPN

20-Aug-16

Sat

16:00

Calgary @ BC

BT Sport Europe

20-Aug-16

Sat

0:00

Saskatchewan @ Hamilton

Y

BT Sport ESPN

21-Aug-16

Sun

7:00

Edmonton @ Toronto

BT Sport ESPN

21-Aug-16

Sun

12:30

Saskatchewan @ Hamilton

BT Sport Europe

25-Aug-16

Thu

0:30

BC @ Ottawa

Y

BT Sport ESPN

26-Aug-16

Fri

13:30

BC @ Ottawa

BT Sport ESPN

26-Aug-16

Fri

0:00

Winnipeg @ Montreal

Y

BT Sport 1

26-Aug-16

Fri

3:00

Saskatchewan @ Edmonton

Y

BT Sport ESPN

27-Aug-16

Sat

9:00

Winnipeg @ Montreal

BT Sport ESPN

27-Aug-16

Sat

17:00

Saskatchewan @ Edmonton

BT Sport 1

28-Aug-16

Sun

0:00

Hamilton @ Calgary

Y

BT Sport ESPN

29-Aug-16

Mon

9:00

Hamilton @ Calgary

BT Sport ESPN

31-Aug-16

Wed

0:30

BC @ Toronto

Y

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About BT

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For the year ended 31 March 2015, BT Group's reported revenue was £17,979m with reported profit before taxation of £2,645m.

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